[CF-Devel] patch for spell system

[Andreas Vogl]

Mark W. wrote:
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      - IDEA: Make spells be objects.  One object for each spell 
     
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      you know. [...]
     
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      In the above example, since all spells are just archetypes, 
     
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      tuning them is just a matter of changing the archetype, not
     
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      a configuration file.
     
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      If the code is abstract enough, it means that new spells are 
     
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      just a matter of modifying the arch on the map. [...]
     
     
Spells being objects sounds cool, but I don't think it
really is the big hit.

o Above all, it's a big amount of work and it's gonna blow up
  and complexify the spell code.

o Spell-objects won't make life any more simple for mapmakers.
  Okay, the "sp"-values will be gone - but I bet the spell-objects
  will again have a hundred attributes that no one ever truely
  understands.

o With spell-objects, spells can be modiefied in the maps.
  Maybe that's just me, but I think spells should be standards.
  There should be a finite amount of spells, so that players
  can learn how they work and what to expect of them.
  That keeps the game more simple and a lot more intuitive.
  Is it really good to have hundred different versions of
  the fireball spell? I think not.


Now if spells are standards (instead of objects), they should
still be fine-tuned and balanced. The perfect combination
of damage, speed and duration is often hard to find.
Therefore, the "spellbook"-approach by David Delbecq seems
like a useful thing to me.

Certainly, I do agree that he should have asked on cf-devel
before doing all the work. But at least, he asked before
doing a cvs commit. That's already quite good, isn't it? ;-)


Andreas V.